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PALE
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Traducere în limba română
pale1 I. substantiv
1. ţeapă, par, stâlp, pilot.
2. (rar) îngrăditură, palisadă.
3. (fig.) graniţă, limită, margini;
within the pale în rândul oamenilor; în sânul societăţii sau bisericii;
beyond the pale scos din rândul oamenilor, paria; ostracizat; excomunicat;
(ist.) the (English) Pale teritoriul irlandez de sub dominaţia engleză.
4. (herald.) bară verticală în mijlocul blazonului.
pale1 II. verb tranzitiv
a îngrădi.
pale2 I. adjectiv
1. palid, galben (la faţă);
to turn / to grow pale a păli, a se îngălbeni.
2. (despre culoare) palid, şters, deschis, spălăcit; (despre lumină) palid, slab;
pale ale bere blondă.
pale2 II. verb A. tranzitiv
a face palid; a face să pălească.
pale2 II. verb B. intranzitiv
1. a păli, a se îngălbeni, a se face ca ceara.
2. (despre lumină) a păli, a slăbi, a se întuneca.
3. (fig.) a fi eclipsat. a păli;
she pales beside you o eclipsezi.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Beth has grown slender, pale, and more quiet than ever.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
You have been looking a little pale lately.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He seemed to me to be pale and bothered.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It seems much changed,” replied the lawyer, very pale, but giving look for look.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)
He put his hand, in a nervous manner, on his mouth, and turned pale, as he fixed his eyes on mine.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
For he suddenly grew pale and sat down in a chair almost fainting.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
But your face is pale and sad, Alleyne!
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My uncle was very quiet, but when I glanced up at him I saw that his lips were set and his eyes shining, with just a little flush upon each pale cheek.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was a gentleman's voice; it was a voice that Fanny was just turning pale about, when Mr. Crawford walked into the room.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
Her heart fluttered, her knees trembled, and her cheeks grew pale.
(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)
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